NUS study: Older adults are good Samaritans to strangers
Credit: National University of Singapore People tend to become more generous as they age. This certainly holds true when it comes to helping strangers, according...
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Two new crustacean species discovered on Galician seabed
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) The fauna of deep seabed tends to be relatively unknown due to the difficulty of collecting samples at great depths....
York U brain study on memory delay explains visuomotor mistakes
TORONTO, April 20, 2016 — Who will win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Rio Olympics this August? That's a question recent York...
Tufts University chemist, entrepreneur elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (Oct. 24, 2016) — David R. Walt, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious and exclusive National Academy...
Reversing the HIV epidemic: Europe needs to scale-up prevention, testing and treatment
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 2017 In a two-day conference organised in collaboration between the Maltese Presidency of the Council of...
New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46…
Credit: Vladimir Lukhtanov What looked like a population of a common butterfly species turned out to be a whole new organism, and, moreover – one...
MDI Biological Laboratory providing incubator space to Coagulation Sciences LLC
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it is providing incubator space and associated scientific resources on...
Female promiscuity in butterflies controls paternity
Credit: Thorin Jonsson The eggs of some butterfly and moth species vary to give females control over the paternity of their offspring, according to new...
Micro-sanctuaries key to survival of wildlife in human-dominated landscapes
Credit: Adyita Kshirsagar Study looked at threatened blackbuck in India's densely populated Maharasthra region Animals navigate a gauntlet of competing livestock, humans, and Indian wolves...
GUMC selects global health champion Roger I. Glass as recipient of…
Credit: Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD WASHINGTON (Nov. 11, 2016) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will honor Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD, with the...
Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays
Credit: Georgia Tech / Eva Dyer If brain imaging could be compared to Google Earth, neuroscientists would already have a pretty good "satellite view" of...
UTA mechanical engineer publishes findings that show blasts cause cavitation in the brain
Credit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, and his postdoctoral associate Yuan Ting Wu...
Policymakers fall short on global agreement to reduce marketing unhealthy foods to kids
The current obesity epidemic is so grave that 2.7 billion people — nearly a third of the world's population — are estimated to be obese...
Scientists reveal new target for anti-lymphangiogenesis drugs
BOSTON (April 12, 2016) — After an injury to tissues, such as in organ transplantation, the body grows new lymphatic vessels in a process known...
Nanocarriers may carry new hope for brain cancer therapy
Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as "octopus tumors" because of the manner in which the cancer cells extend their tendrils into...
